# Incident 19970806028369I: Cessna 210, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1997, 12:56 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6521X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6521X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970806028369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 6. NOSE GEAR PISTON TO NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR P/N 1280203-2 SHEARED CAUSING NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE ALLOWING PROP TO STRIKE RUNWAY. ENGINE WAS OPERATING BENT BLADES TO AFT. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOORS. POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF NOSE ACTUATOR PISTON SHOWS PREVIOUS THREAD CRACK WHICH FINALLY ALLOWED FAILURE OF ROD. SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED - CFII GEARLOFF HEINER, CFA, CALDWELL.

## Other reports on N6521X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050228003149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050228003149I), Feb 28, 2005: Cessna 210 (N6521X), Cleveland, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On landing at Cleveland airport Texas (6R3) it was noted the nose gear was not down and locked. The gear was cycled several times. It was decided to land…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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